Never let it be said, however, that Trey and Matt are bastards. Far from it. Last night's episode of South Park clearly drew the audience that Comedy Central was hoping for - Nielsen reported 3.5 million viewers tuned in to the season premiere. This was the highest rated episode of South Park since December 2004, about one million viewers more than the average audience for last season, and the highest rated season premiere of South Park since 2002 in the all-important 18 to 49 demographic.

I'm not sure if I can keep up with the South Park/Scientology soap saga, however....

Based on the events of the week prior, Trey and Matt slap a fairly brilliant episode together, making Chef a pedophile, commenting on Scientology, paying tribute to the character of Chef, maintaining the spirit of South Park, all the while keeping the option open for Chef to return yet again, albeit in an altered state.

But wait... it doesn't end there.

An online petition begins circulating, stating that fans of the show will boycott Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible 3 unless the Scientology-based episode in question is not aired again as it was scheduled to be - the petition gathered over 20,000 signatures in 24 hours and crashed the service;